Many years ago, my response to the question ‘Who do you want to become in future?’ would have been,
“I want to be a doctor” or “I want to be a Writer” or “I want to be a fashion designer”.
Sometimes the statement had all three in it “I want to be a doctor, writer and fashion designer”.
Today, that has not changed. I still want to be all three persons, sometimes I sit and think of myself playing my roles in these careers, the thought is always exhilarating.
However, I am beginning to learn that the question means more!
Who do you want to become in future?
I want to be my mum – I want to smile everyday like she does even when I am going through very difficult times, and I want to know that I can fill my life and maybe that of others with joy no matter how brief. I want to be hardworking and understand that I need to stay committed to things that I do to gain success. I want to be a mother and raise beautiful children and give myself to raising them as the Lord would want me to.
I want to be Dr. A – maybe not a surgeon as he is, but great at my work, above all courteous, polite and respectful to others. I want to use words like “Please” and “Thank you” regardless of age differences.
I want to be Z – of course I cannot be an Auditor now, as I have threaded not in that line, but I want to be driven for success. I want to be free-minded and see others for their potentials and not just all that they presently are. I want to be completely trusting in God – knowing that by taking the first few steps and putting in effort, he would carry me on my path to the end.
I want to be A – although all I know of her is through her writing and tweets, yet I want to be original and ensure my stories stand for something, and that my voice is not suppressed by the many other voices around me telling me that I cannot.
I want to be E – now I can’t be a man, but I want to be able to communicate clearly with others, I want to be cautious of my words remembering that words said too quickly in hurt cannot be retrieved. I want to have faith, great faith that I know that through the most challenging times, I would survive.
I want to be C – I can no longer be her age, I was there over a decade ago, yet I want to be humble as she is and teachable – open to learning every day.
I want to be as every strong Nigerian – regardless of the hard times, I want to get up and try to survive and not just sit on my butt and develop pressure sores.
For me, who I want to be is more than a career, it is a Person!
Every day, as I go through life, I learn new characters and behaviors I want to develop, new ways I want to live.
I guess the next time I get asked “Who do you want to become in future?” I may take a long time answering it (Although as you get to a certain age, you get asked this question less).
I want to be Kelia – everyday living her best and trying to reach her fullest and highest potential. I want to be Kelia – a doctor, a writer and maybe a fashion designer.
Who do you want to become in future?
Thoughts of a Medstudent 
Thought-provoking piece, i must say. As for who i want to become in future, i suppose i’m too old to use the ‘i want to be a power ranger’ line anymore. To be honest, i (like most people, my age) have been too busy living from day to day, to actually think about that question, especially to give the career-unrelated answer.
Nevertheless, off the top of my head, i would just want to feel complete on waking up everyday in the future
Well me I wanna be a hero, obviously not like Clark Kent or Bruce Wayne but a hero saving lives. Not necessarily by flying round in spandex but flying in on a Jet, in a white coat and care to the real heroes fighting for our peace and freedom.
Firstly, well done Kelia, this title had me hooked at a glance!
I want to be T – I want to have my life planned out, I want to be the pro-active team player he is.
I want to be B- I want to create a balance, be in the world but not of the world in the true/active sense.
Sometimes I want to be M – I want to have snappy comebacks, talk in front of large audiences without stuttering or fear, wear RayBans and look cool, beautiful. I want to be stylish and sometimes look eccentric.
I want to be O – I want my writing to grow and grow and be known, I do not want to copy but create my own beautiful instead.
I think few times I have wanted to be Kelia, to have thousands of views and followers for my blog.
But I am me, I am growing, and overall I want to be the best version of who I can be.
Nice write Kelia, when I saw the title a started to think career-wise (like most other people would do.) But then I reminded myself that the ‘who’ is different from the ‘what’. We are usually too busy living through life everyday, it’s nice to stop every once in a while and think.